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Kerryn Husk @kerrynhusk.bsky.social · 10d

Wonderful, useful, and impactful infographic from @allianceon.bsky.social on what Indigenous anti-racism actually looks like in practice.

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Kerryn Husk @kerrynhusk.bsky.social · 11d

Really interesting new paper from Daisy Fancourt and team here - using CPRD to examine the rollout of social prescribing in England. Broad coverage, but inequalities remain...

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

National roll-out of social prescribing in England's primary care system: a longitudinal observational study using Clinical Practice Research Datalink data

Social prescribing is growing rapidly in England and across the world. However, it remains unclear who it is reaching and how effectively it is being …

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Social Biobehavioural Research Group @ucl-sbb.bsky.social · 28d

How can we embed and sustain #SocialPrescribing so that it benefits more children, young people and families?

Earlier in the summer we asked policymakers and commissioners exactly this 🗨️

Check out our brand new policy brief and illustration to learn more: sbbresearch.org/how-to-embed...

An illustration summarises discussion from a roundtable on the topic of "Challenges and Opportunities for Embedding and Sustaining Youth Social Prescribing".

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Kerryn Husk @kerrynhusk.bsky.social · Aug 20

More than ever, we need to remember this... @brianbilston.bsky.social

Kerryn Husk @kerrynhusk.bsky.social · Aug 18

This feels very Monday...

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Greg Fell @felly500.bsky.social · Aug 15

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

@profdevisridhar.bsky.social:-

life expectancy “is much less about your own choices and is instead tightly linked to where you live and the political choices made by your government”.

Life expectancy: public health and politics

Devi Sridhar's new book How Not to Die (Too Soon): The Lies We've Been Sold and the Policies That Can Save Us sets out her hope of living to the age of 100 years in good health “as a collective endeav...

www.thelancet.com

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Kerryn Husk @kerrynhusk.bsky.social · Aug 7

@penarc.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social @sp-eu.bsky.social

Kerryn Husk @kerrynhusk.bsky.social · Aug 7

Come and work with us!

We are looking for a Research Assistant to come and be part of our EU-Horizon funded SP-EU Project (social-prescribing.eu), based in the Community and Primary Care Research Centre at the University of Plymouth, as well as being part of PenARC.

tinyurl.com/2nue9yya

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Greg Fell @felly500.bsky.social · Aug 5

www.bmj.com/content/390/...

Helpful overview of trends

Why are Gen Z drinking less alcohol than older generations

Why are Gen Z drinking less alcohol than older generations?

Those born between the mid-to-late 1990s and early 2010s seem to be drinking less alcohol than older generations. Why is this—and could it be a public health opportunity? Elisabeth Mahase reports The...

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Kerryn Husk @kerrynhusk.bsky.social · Aug 4

Do you think we've seen highest temps this year now in SW? The nights feel like they are drawing in weirdly!

Kerryn Husk @kerrynhusk.bsky.social · Aug 1

New paper!

The synopsis of our NIHR-funded realist evaluation of social prescribing link workers in primary care is now out. A fantastic team, led by Stephanie Tierney in Oxford.

www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hsdr/publish...

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Gareth Jones @garethjones1.bsky.social · Jul 31

The Intensive Course in Applied Epidemiology that's been running in Aberdeen for nearly 20yrs is getting a rebrand and a refresh.
Launching in March 2026, welcome to the 'Aberdeen Short Course in Epidemiology'.
Registration available from 01-Sep-2025.
For details, see: tinyurl.com/AberdeenEpiC...

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David Buck @davidjbuck.bsky.social · Jul 31

1/3. Welcome this @nhsengland.bsky.social review www.england.nhs.uk/2025/07/nhs-...

NHS England » NHS launches first ever review to tackle LGBT+ health inequalities

www.england.nhs.uk

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Kerryn Husk @kerrynhusk.bsky.social · Jul 30

Looks calm!

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Kerryn Husk @kerrynhusk.bsky.social · Jul 29

If you're interested in our new @sp-eu.bsky.social project then here is a recording of the recent introductory presentation by the PI Wolfram Herrmann:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SQ8...

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Kerryn Husk @kerrynhusk.bsky.social · Jul 26

All the institutions I have had anything to do with seem to be modelled entirely on Terry Pratchett's Unseen University.

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Dan Hayes @danhayesphd.bsky.social · Jul 16

Youth mental health difficulties have increased in prevalence (rather than better awareness) and key drivers likely include economic precarity, smartphone use, sleep quality and closure of youth services. An excellent piece of research led by @olademk.bsky.social

Jess Deighton @jess-deighton.bsky.social · Jul 15

Very important report out today from the Youth Futures Foundation exploring factors accounting for escalating mental health problems in young people. Lead by fantastic colleagues from the University of Manchester (@olademk.bsky.social et al). Report here: youthfuturesfoundation.org/what-we-do/f...

Understanding young people’s declining mental health - Youth Futures Foundation

Exploring drivers of worsening mental health among 14-24 year olds through a first-of-its-kind study for England

youthfuturesfoundation.org

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Jess Deighton @jess-deighton.bsky.social · Jul 15

Very important report out today from the Youth Futures Foundation exploring factors accounting for escalating mental health problems in young people. Lead by fantastic colleagues from the University of Manchester (@olademk.bsky.social et al). Report here: youthfuturesfoundation.org/what-we-do/f...

Understanding young people’s declining mental health - Youth Futures Foundation

Exploring drivers of worsening mental health among 14-24 year olds through a first-of-its-kind study for England

youthfuturesfoundation.org

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · Jul 14

UK mental health people (incl users), please feed back on this draft of the Youth Access Quality Framework (on youth mental health hubs). #healthpolicy #mentalhealth

Full disclosure: my PhD student had something to do with this.

www.youthaccess.org.uk/quality-and-...

The Youth Access Quality Framework consultation

Complete the quality framework consultation to help us ensure it's meaningful, practical, and supportive

www.youthaccess.org.uk

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Greg Fell @felly500.bsky.social · Jul 14

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The health dividend of cash transfer programmes

Brazil's Bolsa Família Program, which provides an average of US$139 per month to over 20 million households in poverty

Study = www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The health dividend of cash transfer programmes

Cash transfer programmes have expanded rapidly across low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), from eight countries with programmes in 1960 to 134 countries in 2019, and have demonstrated effec...

www.thelancet.com

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Gözde Özakıncı @gozde786.bsky.social · Jul 8

Our latest article is on #socialprescribing and calls for better evidence and better systems for collaboration journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

journals.sagepub.com

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Kerryn Husk @kerrynhusk.bsky.social · Jul 5

Challenging and thought-provoking new paper from @gozde786.bsky.social and colleagues.

How do we define and evaluate social prescribing, and what data do we need to generate high quality evidence?

journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....

We need better evidence for social prescribing: call for action for better systems for collaboration and building evidence

journals.sagepub.com

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Kerryn Husk @kerrynhusk.bsky.social · Jul 3

Late to share this but great to see this comprehensive analysis, the largest yet, of social prescribing in England published from @pmw777.bsky.social @annawilding.bsky.social and colleagues.

bjgp.org/content/earl...

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Kerryn Husk @kerrynhusk.bsky.social · Jun 27

If you are at ESCAP2025 (www.escap.eu/events/escap...) then come along on Sunday at 5.15 to hear all about social prescribing for children and young people from some great people (and me)!

@bertottim.bsky.social @danhayesphd.bsky.social and lots of others.

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Kerryn Husk @kerrynhusk.bsky.social · Jun 27

Excellent news, and very much deserved! Hope there is good food to celebrate.